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April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning. Colonel Julyan, an old family friend, receives an... read more

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  • Colonel Arthur Lancelot Julyan: One of the the book's four narrators who is a long-time friend of the de Winters. He seeks to solve the reason for Rebecca's disappearance.
  • Rebecca de Winter: Wife of Maxim de Winnter and mistress of Manderley. Disappeared in a sailing accident; assumed to have committed suicide.
  • Maxim de Winter: Manderley's owner who died in a car crash about five years before the time of the novel.
  • Lionel de Winter: Maxim's father
  • Virginia de Winter: Maxim's mother
  • Isolda Grenville: Maxim's unmarried aunt and Virginia's younger sister.
  • Virginia Briggs: The eldest of the "Three Graces" who married a shipping magnate. Rebecca lives with the family when her mother was in a convalescent home.
  • Henry Lucas Julyan: Parish rector, amateur botanist, and Arthur's grandfather who raised him after his father died.
  • Mrs. de Winter the elder: Maxim's grandmother nicknamed Termagant by Tilly
  • Tilly: Arthur's nurse as a boy
  • Terence "Terry" Gray: One of the the book's four narrators, a local historian researching the de Winters and Manderley for a possible book. He is attracted to Ellie.
  • Ellie Julyan: Arthur's beloved daughter and only surviving family member
  • Frith: de Winters' nosy, former butler living now in a nursing home
  • Marjorie Lane: Recently moved to Kerrith, she has become the secretary for local historian society. Arthur has little respect for her.
  • Rose: Arthur's sister who Arthur believes to be a "feminist, a man-hating eccentric, and an embarrassment to the entire family."
  • Frank Crawley: Mandaley's former estate manager
  • Jack Favell: Rebecca's ne'er-do-well cousin
  • Elinor Briggs: The eldest of the spinster sisters who is a childhood friend of Arthur and Terrence's current friend.
  • Jocelyn Briggs: The younger of the spinster sisters who is a childhood friend of Arthur and Terrence's current friend.
  • Sarah Carminowe: Mandeley's maid
  • Francis Browne: London bookseller who assists Terry in his research on Rebecca de Winter.
  • Jack "Blackjack" Devlin: Rebecca's purported father
  • Edwin Galbraith: Terry's adoptive father since 10 years of age.
  • May Galbraith: Edwin's wife and Terry's adoptive mother since 10 years of age.
  • Tom Galbraith: Terrence Gray's adopted name.
  • Selena Fox-Hamilton: The woman who lived below Rebecca's flat on Tite Street, London.
  • Edith Danvers ("Danny"): Rebecca's devoted housekeeper and personal maid. Before Mandalay, she was the senior nursemaid for the Grenville family.
  • Sir Frank McKendrick: Actor and owner of a Shakespearean touring company in which Rebecca and her mother were actresses.
  • Francis Latimer: Arthur's physician who is interested in purchasing The Pines.
  • Mrs. Maxim de Winter: Max's second wife and widow
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “We can be our own ghosts, too, we can haunt ourselves--did you know that?”
    Rebecca de Winter
  • “Anger opens a wide, wide door and even now sex lies in wait on the other side of the portal.”
    Rebecca de Winter

Setting & Locations edit see section history

Kerrith, England and the area adjacent to it such as Mandeley, 1951.
  • Mandeley: de Winters family home since the 11th century located in England's West Country on the coast. Burned to the ground shortly after the Rebecca's disappearance.
  • The Pines: Arthur's home in Kerrith.
  • London: Terry travels to London to interview several interviews who knew Rebecca before Mandeley.
  • 12 C Tite Street: The flat that Rebecca maintained in London while at Mandeley.

First Sentence edit see section history

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Julyan, April 12, 1951
2. Gray, April 13, 1951
3. Rebecca, April 1931
4. Ellie, May 1951

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Sally Beauman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0066211085
Page Count: 448

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Mrs. De Winter
  • Scarlett
  • Gone With the Wind
  • My Cousin Rachel
  • Frenchman's Creek

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Rebecca

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • Rebecca

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